The Long Walk Home, a novel by Manreet Sodhi Someshwar, will be launched on Monday, April 27, 7:30pm at the Earshot Cafe at The Arts House (1 Old Parliament Lane) by the nice folks at Jacaranda!
Click through for more information on the book and author.
About the book
Set against the backdrop of twentieth-century India, The Long Walk Home illuminates history — partition, two Indo-Pak wars, the rise of religious fundamentalism — through the life of one man.
A story of faith and fundamentalism, misguided passions and accidental heroism, it is woven through a narrative of love, murder, vendetta, and greed. In the gathering extremism — the city is put under curfew; Hit Lists are drawn; his wife subscribes to a rabid preacher; his Hindu friend flees — the protagonist makes a terrible error. As he nears the end of his life, he wonders: will there be a chance for redemption?
About Manreet Sodhi Someshwar
An award-winning writer (Commonwealth Broadcasting Association), Manreet is a book critic for the South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, and writes a regular column for DNA, a leading Indian newspaper. An engineer and management graduate from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, she has worked in marketing, advertising and consulting. Her debut novel, Earning the Laundry Stripes, was released in 2006 to critical acclaim with India Today, South Asia’s larget-selling weekly, calling it “an enjoyable tale of a sassy girl’s headlong race up the corporate ladder…” She was featured at the Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2008. More info on Manreet can be found at www.manreetsodhisomeshwar.com
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